Orwellian doublethink is common in today’s political discourse. A good example of this is the way in which American politicians label their enemies as “a threat to Democracy.” This label implies that the accusatory politicians care deeply about the citizenry’s right to vote. In reality, the citizens’ vote has little influence over the direction of our country. Most of our politicians are owned by wealthy oligarchs who have their own agendas for the country. So when the politician says something is a threat to Democracy, they actually mean it is a threat to the agenda of their masters.
Joe Biden called Trump a “threat to Democracy” earlier this year in a speech he gave to commemorate the January 6th mostly peaceful protest. Hillary Clinton has been talking about her concern for our Democracy ever since Trump was democratically elected in 2016. Barrack Obama also can’t give a speech these days without mentioning the impending threat to our Democracy, posed by problematic opinions on the internet. These people are well paid and likely blackmailed puppets of the oligarchs. They claim to care about Democracy while vilifying key aspects of Democracy. Aren’t Protests, elections, and free speech the core essence of the Democratic process? In Orwell’s 1984 the authoritarian government’s doublethink slogan was “War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.” Our authoritarian government’s slogan would be “oligarchy is democracy.”
The irony is that there are serious threats to our Democracy, but not in the way our dirty politicians say. For example, ever since Trump got elected, there has been a concerted effort by our corrupt institutions to discredit, impede, and persecute him. The democratic way would be to back the fuck off and let Trump govern like the voters wanted. But that will never happen.
Another example of a threat to our Democracy would be the election fraud that happens all the time. In 2020 they sent out a record number of mail in ballots due to Covid. Then, in unprecedented fashion, they shut down the results counting in the middle of the night in multiple swing states. American election security is third world tier but every time some changes are proposed, the politicians cry racism or some other ridiculous excuse. Aren’t free and fair elections the literal definition of Democracy?
lastly, these same politicians crying about our precious Democracy are the same ones doing nothing about our open borders. How can you claim to care about the citizens’ right to vote while at the same time flooding the country with new people that dilute the citizens’ voting power?
The wicked always like to invert reality and accuse others of what they themselves are doing. So next time you hear some dirty politician labeling something a threat to Democracy, you can safely assume that thing is a threat to the agenda of the oligarchs.